It’s the little things that make the work worth it
Kelli, a missionary friend of ours, sent me screen grabs of a text conversation she had with another young female missionary in the jungles of Peru. The last time Kelli was in town I gave her copies of the four Read more…
40 Days: Rewrote 4 Gabby Wells Novels
During my time off social media, I had time to rewrite the four novels in the Gabby Wells young adult thriller series. The process was interesting. I got to see how far I had grown as a writer and had Read more…
Fear as Inspiration
Facing what scares me inspires me to write.
2018 Goals
I look back on an uneventful 2017 and forward to an exciting 2018.
Sins & Suicide – Chapter Five
The incessant repeated rings invaded Gabby’s dream. It was a nice dream too, about talking donuts and ice cream cones performing an interpretive dance of spring. She rolled over and pried one eye open to see her phone illuminated with Read more…
Sins & Suicide – Chapter Four
Gabby had heard hitting water from a high speed made the normally flexible liquid feel like cement. She was relatively certain falling a mere fifteen feet wouldn’t allow her to gain that sort of velocity, but there was a good Read more…
Sins & Suicide – Chapter Three
Gabby wished Hamilton were with her. Not only because his smooth voice made her all squishy inside, but because he’d know how much weight aluminum beams on the top of a screened-in pool could handle. The one thing with which Read more…
Sins & Suicide – Chapter Two
Gabby wanted to implode into a single atom. Above her, through the semi-transparent dust cover stapled to the wooden box spring, she could hear kissing, breathing, and saliva being shared in ways she didn’t want to think about. It was Read more…
Sins & Suicide – Chapter One
Naked pictures. That’s why Gabby was hiding under Logan’s bed. They were also why she couldn’t leave. The pictures weren’t of Gabby. Lord knew she would never let that happen. She relished her modesty. Besides, if someone had taken nude Read more…
2015 – Writing Year in Review
This year was very much an overall representation of my creative life… big goals, almost realized, yet undermined by my health. I started out this year having published nothing. I had spent years learning, writing, re-writing and trashing most of Read more…
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